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Holy Palace is located in a thin corridor of West Bengal bordering Nepal and Bangladesh called Naxalbari which is an ageold fortress of traditionalism and conservatism populated by predominantly tribal (Orao, Munda, Kharia, Mechey, Dhimal and Lepcha), Schedule caste (Rajbanshi, Kami, Damai, Biswakarma and Kol), Bengali, etc. At the time when Holy Palace began, most of the areas remained untaught and untouched by development activities. The co-existence of rich and poor and painful exploitation of the rich over the poor in every possible way was common. It is still an extremely sensitive area politically. The seed bed of the still much feared “Naxalites” rose up in this region in the 1960’s which fought against feudalism on behalf of the laborers. The people of this area suffered much from illiteracy and lack of educational facilities, economic deprivation and inadequate accessible health facilities. Superstition and blind faith obedience to certain practices and poor economic structure further added to their misery.

All these factors necessitated the birth of Holy Palace Christian Centre for Health and Education in January 1996. Its 3 fold main objectives are to provide quality health service accessible to the poor and needy, education and economic development program while transforming their lives.